THE golden age of Parisian art and culture will be celebrated in a new exhibition of the works of Toulouse Lautrec in Scotland this autumn.
The bohemian visual style of Paris of the Belle Epoque, at the turn of the last century, will be at the centre of the show at the National Galleries of Scotland, which brings together 75 posters, prints, paintings and drawings by Lautrec and his peers.
The show focusses on the posters that were used in the theatrical world of Paris at the time, and also shows the work of Pierre Bonnard, Theophile Steinlen and Jules Cheret.
Pin-Ups: Toulouse Lautrec and The Art of Celebrity is the first NGS exhibition of its kind, and also features British artists drawn to the alluring culture of Paris at the time, including Walter Sickert, Arthur Melville, J D Fergusson and William Nicholson.
Lautrec, who lived from 1864 to 1901, has long been noted for the striking posters he designed at the time when Paris was known for its cabarets, dance halls and cafés.
One item in the exhibition is the poster for Moulin Rouge - La Goulue (1891), on loan from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
A landmark in Lautrec’s career, this was the first poster he designed and was his earliest experiment with colour lithography.
Around 3000 copies of the poster, which advertised the dancer ‘La Goulue’ performing at the Moulin Rouge, were pasted across Paris.
The exhibition will also include a selection of posters by Jules Chéret (1836–1932), including his poster for the American dancer Loïe Fuller at the Folies-Bergère in 1892.
The show runs until 20 January at the NGS.
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